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Taxon: Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile

Genus: Acacia
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Mimosoideae tribe: Acacieae. Also placed in: Mimosaceae
Nomen number: 312499
Place of publication: Descr. Egypte, Hist. nat. 79. 1813 ("1812")
Comment: authorship verified by J. H. Ross (via email from J. R. Hosking, 10 Sep 2002)
Name verified on: 28-Oct-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 15-Sep-2004
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 3 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • babul acacia   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  • Egyptian acacia   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  • Indian gum-arabic-tree   (Source: F Iraq ) – English
  • scented-thorn   (Source: FG Acacia Zimbabwe ) – English
  • thorn-mimosa   (Source: Food Feed Crops US ) – English
  • thorny acacia   (Source: F Iraq ) – English
  • lekkeruikpeul   (Source: FG Acacia Zimbabwe ) – Afrikaans
  • acacia à gomme   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • gommier rouge   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • arabische Gummiakazie   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • acacia gomifera   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan
    East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
    West Tropical Africa: Gambia; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Togo
    South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
    Southern Africa: Botswana; South Africa - Transvaal
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Arabian Peninsula: Oman; Saudi Arabia; Yemen
    Western Asia: Iran; Iraq; Israel; Syria
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • naturalized in Australia, tropical South America, West Indies, Cape Verde & Galapagos Is.

References:

  • PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) - on-line resource. (PROTABASE)
  • Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal. (F Senegal) [lists as A. nilotica (L.) Willd.].
  • Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. (L Mali) [lists as A. nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.].
  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber) [= A. arabica (Lam.) Willd.].
  • Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. (F Togo) [lists as A. nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.].
  • Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr) [lists as A. nilotica (L.) Willd.].
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa. (F SAfr) [lists as A. nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.].
  • Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb) [lists as A. nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.].
  • Fagg, C. W. & J. L. Stewart. 1994. J. Arid Environm. 27:11.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2. (L Oman)
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal) [lists as A. nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.].
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr) [lists as A. nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.].
  • Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist. (Leg SAsia)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. (Leg WAsia)
  • Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. (Leg Africa)
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Nasir, S. M. & M. Athar. 1998. Fuelwood as an energy source. Phytologia 85:106.
  • National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. (Firewood Cr)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Ross, J. H. 1979. A conspectus of the African Acacia species. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 44:106. [lists as A. nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.].
  • Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India. (Leg India)
  • Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. (Leg Ethiop) [lists as A. nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.].
  • Timberlake, J. et al. 1999. Field guide to the acacias of Zimbabwe. (FG Acacia Zimbabwe)
  • Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq) [lists as A. nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.].
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
  • Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. (F Yemen)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile:

  • SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
  • On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?312499 (09 February 2010)

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